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Communicating with the Gods

spirit-writing in Chinese history and society

by Matthias Schumann & Elena Valussi

  • First published:
  • 21st century
  • Language: English

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"Few religious innovations have shaped Chinese history like the emergence of spirit-writing during the Song dynasty. From a divinatory technique it evolved into a complex ritual practice used to transmit messages and revelations from the Gods. This resulted in the production of countless religious scriptures that now form an essential corpus, widely venerated and recited to this day, that is still largely untapped by research. Using historical and ethnographic approaches, this volume for the first time offers a comprehensive overview of the history of spirit-writing, examining its evolution over a millennium, the practices and technologies used, and the communities involved"--

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling.

  • Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling

    Controlled discovery queries from k10plus matched “Spiritismus”. Retained metadata contains “spirit writing” in the subtitle, “spirit writing” in the description, “Spirit writings” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Spiritismus”· via K10plus Union Catalog
    • “spirit writing”· in subtitle
    • “spirit writing”· in description
    • “Spirit writings”· in subject
    • “Spiritismus”· in subject
    • “spirit writing”· in edition subtitle

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spirit-writing in Chinese history and society

K10plus union-catalog record

24 cm; Illustrationen; Prognostication in history; volume 11; XI, 656 Seiten

[2024]BrillEnglish
  • 9789004549043
  • 9789004677906
  • 9004677909
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